Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
Obama nixes ‘coconut bras’ for group photo op
President Obama was overheard joking with world leaders in his home state of Hawaii on Sunday that dressing them up in traditional Hawaiian garb for a group photograph would have been "embarrassing." Published November 13, 2011
Obama: China needs to play fair
A U.S.-backed initiative to create a Pacific free-trade bloc to counter China's economic power gained momentum at an international summit Sunday when Canada and Mexico said they want to join the fledgling partnership. Published November 13, 2011
Obama opens college hoops game on aircraft carrier
Speaking prior to the tip-off of the first-ever college basketball game on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, President Obama said Friday the U.S. needs to "turn our words into action" in support of military veterans. Published November 11, 2011
Obama travels to Pacific Rim to refocus U.S. interests there
Departing Friday on a nine-day trip back to his boyhood roots in the Pacific Rim, President Obama will pursue what aides say is a long-range goal to fundamentally shift the focus of U.S. economic and military influence toward Asia. Published November 10, 2011
Senators agree on provision of jobs bill
The partisan fog stifling the Senate for most of this year lifted slightly Monday evening as senators signaled that they may finally have found a slim part of President Obama's jobs-stimulus plan they can agree to pass. Published November 7, 2011
Obama touts jobs for unemployed veterans
President Obama accused Republican lawmakers Monday of abandoning unemployed veterans and challenged them to approve tax breaks for companies to hire vets. Published November 7, 2011
Obama ‘confident’ EU can steady economy
President Obama said Friday the world's 20 leading economies have "moved the ball forward" on Europe's debt crisis in spite of failing to agree on how to boost the International Monetary Fund's lending power for a potential rescue of nations in danger of default. Published November 4, 2011
Obama’s Sarkozy remark offends French
President Obama came, he saw, he insulted. "Obama insults Sarkozy," blared the headline on one French website, taking umbrage at Mr. Obama's wayward remark at the G-20 summit here about the physical appearance of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Published November 4, 2011
A year left: Obama running against history
With Sunday marking the one-year countdown to Election Day 2012 and his approval rating stuck in the low 40s, President Obama will have to defy American electoral history if he is to win re-election. Published November 3, 2011
Sarkozy asks Obama to help with debt crisis
President Obama was greeted at the G-20 summit in this seaside resort Thursday with a plea by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to get more involved in resolving Europe's spiraling debt crisis. Published November 3, 2011
Obama calls for action by Congress on jobs bill
With yet another part of his jobs package on the line in Congress on Thursday, President Obama traveled across Washington on Wednesday to press his case — and claimed the support of the Almighty for his plans. Published November 2, 2011
Obama: God wants people back at work
Urging Congress again to pass a portion of his jobs bill, President Obama claimed Wednesday that God is on his side. Published November 2, 2011
European woes will take G-20 spotlight off Obama
In a rare global summit where the U.S. leader is not the center of attention, President Obama leaves Wednesday evening for the Group of 20 summit in Cannes, France, with a diminished international presence and an economic-growth message being drowned out by the scramble to deal with Europe's unresolved debt crisis. Published November 1, 2011
Obama: U.S. growth key to global recovery
Setting the tone for his trip to the G-20 summit in France next week, President Obama said Friday the most important thing world leaders can do to boost the global economy is "to get the U.S. economy growing faster." Published October 28, 2011
Watchdog: Obama stretches truth on accomplishments
President Obama has taken to claiming at recent political rallies and fundraisers that he has fulfilled 60 percent of his campaign promises from 2008, but the scorecard of an independent arbiter suggests that Mr. Obama is grading himself on a generous curve. Published October 27, 2011
Obama campaign cashes in out West
President Obama topped 60 fundraisers for the year Tuesday night as he raked in more campaign cash from Hollywood elites and entertainers on a three-day swing through Western states. Published October 25, 2011
Obama campaign seizes on Iraq
It took President Obama's re-election campaign a little more than 24 hours to try to capitalize on the president's announcement that he is withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Published October 22, 2011
Obama: All U.S. troops out of Iraq by 2012
President Obama declared Friday that he will withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year, ending talks for an extended deployment with Baghdad and ruling against the earlier advice of some senior military commanders who had recommended keeping several thousand troops there into 2012. Published October 21, 2011
White House backs Biden’s rape, murder remarks
The White House on Thursday defended Vice President Joseph R. Biden's rhetoric that more Americans will be raped and killed if Republican lawmakers reject part of President Obama's jobs bill that would pay for more police officers on the street. Published October 20, 2011
Obama: ‘Tyranny lifted’ from Libya with Gadhafi’s death
President Obama said the death of longtime Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi on Thursday shows "the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end." Published October 20, 2011
